Weaver's Idea Book

by Jane Patrick, Interweave Press, Hardcover with hidden spiral binding, 240 pages.

Price: $29.95

The Weaver's Idea Book presents a wide variety of patterns for the simple rigid-heddle loom, accompanied by harness drafts for multishaft looms. The techniques include leno, Brooks bouquet, soumak, and embroidery on fabric. Each chapter contains weaving patterns along with swatches illustrating the techniques, accompanied by step-by-step photography.

Weaving Made Easy

by Liz Gipson
Price: $24.95

Weaving Made Easy is the beginning weavers' ultimate guide to making fun, simple, and functional weaving projects from start to finish. It features seventeen simple projects made on the rigid heddle loom, a small, portable, and affordable weaving loom.

Time to Weave

by Jane Patrick, Interweave Press, paperback, 222 pages.

Price: $21.95

Author Jane Patrick draws on her many years of weaving experience to create small, elegant weaving projects using a variety of unusual materials. Most projects are off-loom, and others require only a small frame loom to complete, making
it very easy for the beginning weaver to create
something wonderful.

Hands on Rigid Heddle Weaving

by Betty Davenport, Interweave Press, softcover, 120 pages, Price: $18.95  

This book contains all the information you need to warp your loom, design projects, and weave a variety of interesting weave structures.

Learning to Weave

by Deborah Chandler, Interweave Press, hardcover, 229 pages. 

Price: $24.95

The next best thing to having a teacher.  This is a four-shaft weaving course, with lots of illustrations and photos.  This book has all you need to know to get you started weaving on your table and floor looms, including how to warp, weaving techniques, project planning, reading weave drafts, and lots of handy hints.

Inkle Weaving

by Helene Bress, Flower Valley Press, softcover, 214 pages, Price: $24.95

Learn to plan patterns, warp the loom, and make a wide variety of exciting belts.  A complete guide to inkle weaving with information and instructions on basic and advanced belt-weaving techniques, with more than 200 photographs and clear instructions.

Hands on Spinning

by Lee Raven, Interweave Press, softcover, 120 pages,

Price: $18.95  

A basic how-to spin resource.  All you need to know to spin unique beautiful high-quality yarns on your new spinning wheel, with photos and illustrations, step-by-step instructions and inspiring projects.

Start Spinning

by Maggie Casey

Price: $21.95

The art of spinning is growing in popularity as knitters, new and experienced, want to make their own yarn. All it takes is some fluff, a spindle or wheel, and a little practice! Maggie Casey, co-owner of Shuttles, Spindles, and Skeins yarn shop in Boulder, Colorado, and veteran spinning teacher, takes complete novices to competent spinners in Start Spinning: Everything You Need to Know to Make Great Yarn.

The Intentional Spinner:
A Holistic Approach to Making Yarn

by Judith Mackenzie McCuin
Price: $26.95

A compendium of spinning wisdom and a must-have reference for any spinner. Blends technical knowledge, history and tips.

Respect the Spindle

Spin Infinite Yarns with One Amazing Tool

by Abby Franquemont
Price: $22.95

The perfect how-to book for any spinner with a growing collection of spindles or even just a dowel, with step-by-step photography with detailed illustrations, making the spindle spinning techniques clear to even the novice spinner.